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Sphaerotholus goodwini
Taxonomy
Sphaerotholus goodwini was named by Williamson and Carr (2003). Its type specimen is NMMNH P-27403 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Willow Wash, NMMNH Loc. L-3921, which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Kirtland Formation of New Mexico. It is the type species of Sphaerotholus.
It was recombined as Prenocephale goodwini by Sullivan and Lucas (2003), Sullivan (2003), Sullivan et al. (2005), Sullivan (2006), Sullivan and Lucas (2006), Schott et al. (2009), Watabe et al. (2011), Jasinski and Sullivan (2011).
It was recombined as Prenocephale goodwini by Sullivan and Lucas (2003), Sullivan (2003), Sullivan et al. (2005), Sullivan (2006), Sullivan and Lucas (2006), Schott et al. (2009), Watabe et al. (2011), Jasinski and Sullivan (2011).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2003 | Prenocephale goodwini Sullivan p. 197 |
| 2003 | Prenocephale goodwini Sullivan and Lucas p. 102A |
| 2003 | Sphaerotholus goodwini Williamson and Carr figs. 1-6 |
| 2004 | Sphaerotholus goodwini Maryanska et al. p. 465 |
| 2005 | Prenocephale goodwini Sullivan et al. p. 398 |
| 2006 | Prenocephale goodwini Sullivan p. 355 |
| 2006 | Prenocephale goodwini Sullivan and Lucas p. 329 |
| 2009 | Prenocephale goodwini Schott et al. p. 783 fig. 8 |
| 2010 | Sphaerotholus goodwini Longrich et al. p. 279 |
| 2011 | Prenocephale goodwini Jasinski and Sullivan p. 207 |
| 2011 | Prenocephale goodwini Watabe et al. p. 494 |
| 2015 | Sphaerotholus goodwini Jasinski p. 79 |
| 2017 | Sphaerotholus goodwini Schott and Evans p. 867 |
| 2018 | Sphaerotholus goodwini Evans et al. p. 124 |
| 2021 | Sphaerotholus goodwini Woodruff et al. p. 592 |
| 2024 | Sphaerotholus goodwini Wick and Lehman p. 90 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Sphaerotholus goodwini Williamson and Carr 2003
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (New Mexico) | Pachycephalosauria indet. (type locality: 53515) |